{"id":136227,"date":"2024-12-12T15:40:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136227"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:40:50","slug":"un-general-assembly-demands-ceasefire-in-gaza-and-backs-un-agency-helping-palestinian-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136227","title":{"rendered":"UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>UNITED NATIONS (AP) \u2014 The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/united-nations-israel-hamas-war-gaza-strip-political-refugees-israel-3d50854f52b043c19201b24801e9dc2b\">demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza<\/a><\/span> and backing the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-un-aid-refugees-16bc0524adc947b95abe25d7d9eca038\">U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The votes in the 193-nation world body were 158-9, with 13 abstentions to demand a ceasefire now and 159-9 with 11 abstentions in support of the agency known as UNRWA.<\/p>\n<p>The votes culminated two days of speeches overwhelmingly calling for an end to the 14-month <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\">war between Israel and the militant Hamas group<\/a><\/span> and demanding access throughout Gaza to address the growing humanitarian catastrophe. <\/p>\n<p>Israel and its close ally, the United States, were in a tiny minority speaking and voting against the resolutions. Other opposing both resolutions included Argentina, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Tonga.<\/p>\n<p>While Security Council resolutions are legally binding, General Assembly resolutions are not, though they do reflect world opinion. There are no vetoes in the assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinians and their supporters went to the General Assembly after the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/un-gaza-resolution-veto-hamas-israel-hostages-b5281432fc2acdc1860adb3015392c0b\">U.S. vetoed a Security Council resolution<\/a><\/span> on Nov. 20 demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire. It was supported by the council\u2019s 14 other members but the U.S. objected that it was not linked to an immediate release of hostages taken by Hamas militants during their <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-hamas-war-one-year-anniversary-cf123f95609051e8e8eaf6aebe661b6a\">attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023<\/a><\/span>, which triggered the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian U.N. Ambassador Riyad Mansour expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support for both resolutions Wednesday, saying the votes \u201creflect the resolve and the determination of the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"Over 50 countries go to the polls in 2024 The year will test even the most robust democracies. Read more on what's to come here. Take a look at the 25 places where a change in leadership could resonate around the world. Keep track of the latest AP elections coverage from around the world here.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>Over 50 countries go to the polls in 2024<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will keep knocking on the doors of the Security Council and the General Assembly until we see an immediate and unconditional ceasefire put in place and until we see humanitarian assistance being distributed at scale in all corners of the Gaza Strip,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The language of the resolution adopted by the assembly on a ceasefire mirrors the text of the vetoed council resolution. It demands \u201can immediate, unconditional and permanent cease-fire to be respected by all parties,\u201d while also reiterating a \u201cdemand for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That language is much stronger than General Assembly resolutions adopted on Oct. 27, 2023 \u2013 three weeks after the Hamas attack \u2013 calling for an immediate and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities and on Dec. 12, 2023, demanding \u201can immediate humanitarian ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resolution adopted Wednesday also marked the first time Germany and Italy, who abstained last December, voted in favor of a Gaza ceasefire. Their support left the United States as the only member of the Group of 7 major industrialized nations still opposed.<\/p>\n<p>On the humanitarian front, the resolution rejects \u201cany effort to starve Palestinians\u201d and demands immediate access to civilians to provide aid indispensable to their survival. <\/p>\n<p>The second resolution backs the mandate of UNRWA, which was established by the General Assembly in 1949.<\/p>\n<p>It deplores <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-un-aid-refugees-16bc0524adc947b95abe25d7d9eca038\">laws adopted by Israel\u2019s parliament<\/a><\/span> on Oct. 28 banning UNRWA\u2019s activities in the Palestinian territories, a measure to take effect in 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>It reiterates U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres\u2019 statements that UNRWA is \u201cthe backbone\u201d of all humanitarian operations in Gaza and no organization can replace it. And it reaffirms the necessity for UNRWA\u2019s continued \u201cunimpeded operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resolution calls on the Israeli government \u201cto abide by its international obligations, respect the privileges and immunities of UNRWA\u201d and uphold its responsibility to facilitate the unhindered delivery of aid humanitarian assistance throughout the entire Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Israel alleges that around a dozen of UNRWA\u2019s 13,000 workers in Gaza participated in Hamas\u2019 attacks on Israel that precipitated the war. It recently provided the U.N. with over 100 names of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-hamas-gaza-unrwa-4132812d15758c3b53b4059cbd2066d6\">UNRWA staff it accuses of having militant ties<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. deputy U.N. ambassador Robert Wood reiterated America\u2019s opposition to the ceasefire resolution ahead of Wednesday\u2019s vote and criticized the Palestinians for again failing to mention Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when Hamas is feeling isolated due to the ceasefire in Lebanon, the draft resolution on a ceasefire in Gaza risks sending a dangerous message to Hamas that there\u2019s no need to negotiate or release the hostages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamas attack killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and saw another 250 abducted as hostages. Gaza militants have not returned around 100 hostages, a third of them believed to be dead, and ceasefire efforts have ground to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s retaliatory offensive has killed over 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the local Health Ministry. It says women and children make up more than half the dead but does not distinguish between fighters and civilians in its count.<\/p>\n<p>Wood said the U.S. will continue to seek a diplomatic solution to the war and called UNRWA \u201ca critical lifeline to the Palestinian people.\u201d But he said the UNRWA resolution has \u201cserious flaws\u201d because it fails to create a path to restore trust between the U.N. agency and Israel \u2014 despite U.S. efforts and a U.S. proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Just before the vote, Israel\u2019s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon accused the resolutions\u2019 supporters of complicity with Hamas, which he said has \u201chopelessly infiltrated\u201d UNRWA, and denounced their failure to link a ceasefire to the release of the hostages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy demanding a ceasefire today without addressing the hostages, this assembly will once again side with those who weaponize human suffering,\u201d Danon said. \u201cIt will send a message that the lives of innocent Israelis, including children, are not worth your consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not diplomacy,\u201d he stressed. \u201cIt is appeasement. It is enabling terror and abandoning the innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Slovenia\u2019s U.N. Ambassador Samuel \u017dbogar, reflecting the views of many speakers, pointed to the tens of thousands killed in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGaza doesn\u2019t exist anymore,\u201d he told the assembly Wednesday. \u201cIt is destroyed. 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